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Fire contained at southern Iranian refinery; no one killed
Ahvaz, IRNA – A large fire that erupted in a refinery in southwest Iran has been contained with authorities reporting no fatalities from the blaze.
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US man self-immolates to protest Gaza genocide
Tehran, IRNA – A man has self-immolated in the US city of Boston, Massachusetts, to protest the ongoing Israeli genocidal war on Gaza and Washington’s support for the regime.
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Fire shuts down Iran’s main trade gateway to Afghanistan
Mashad, IRNA – A local official in Iran’s northeastern province of Razavi Khorasan has said that a major fire sparked by fuel tankers in the Dogharoun Special Economic Zone has caused the shutdown of activities at the border region with Afghanistan.
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Fire crew struggle to contain wildfire in western Iran
Khorramabad, IRNA – Efforts to contain the fire in certain areas of Poldokhtar and Kuhdasht, located in the western Iranian province of Lorestan, are ongoing, and two helicopters have joined the attempts.
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Eight patients killed in fire in hospital in north Iran
Rasht, IRNA – A large fire at an international hospital in the northern Iranian city of Rasht resulted in the deaths of eight patients who were hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), the head of Gilan University of Medical Sciences has said.
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Blaze engulfs oil refinery in Iraqi Kurdistan
Tehran, IRNA – A massive fire broke out at an oil refinery in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, news sources reported on Thursday morning.